Air Masses and Fronts

Question 1

Large bodies of air have the following uniform

Answer 1

temperature
humidity
air pressure
wind

Question 2

Maritime tropical air mass

Answer 2

develop over warm, ocean areas

Question 3

Continental tropical air mass

Answer 3

form over dry regions in middle or lower lattitudes

Question 4

Maritime polar air mass

Answer 4

form over water in polar areas

Question 5

Continental polar air mass

Answer 5

form over land near poles of northern hemisphere

Question 6

How air masses move

Answer 6

prevailing westerlies

jet streams

Question 7

Fronts

Answer 7

when air masses collide and create a weather boundary

Question 8

Fronts exhibits

Answer 8

storms and unsettled weather

temperature and air pressure differences on either side

Question 9

Cold front

Answer 9

when a cold air mass advances against a warmer air mass

Question 10

Warm front

Answer 10

when a warm air mass moves over a cold air mass

Question 11

Jet streams

Answer 11

long, narrow bands of strong wind in upper atmodphere

Question 12

Stationary front

Answer 12

between a cold air mass and warm air mass where neither air moves much

Question 13

Occluded clouds

Answer 13

a warm air mass is caught between 2 cold air masses

Question 14

Cyclones

Answer 14

swirling center of low pressure air

Question 15

Anticyclones

Answer 15

a high pressure center of dry air; opposite of cyclone